Session 1 Notes
Life Moves to Land (635-425 Ma)
Portions of the Paleozoic Era
Ordovician Period (485-444 Ma)
Cambrian Period (542-485 Ma)
Portions of the Neoproterozoic Era
Ediacaran Period (635-542 Ma)
Land plant ancestors
Invasion of the land by plants & fungi
Origin of cuticle, rhizoids, and support
Fungi-plant associations
Cyanobacteria
Fungi, including Chytrids, Glomeromycetes & Mucoromycetes
Fungal-like organisms (e.g., Prototaxites)
What evidence can be discerned from compression and/or impression fossils?
How does a cast or a mold fossil form?
What would the terrestrial ecosystem look like during the Cambrian?
What adaptations made life on land possible for plants?
What were the benefits of producing upright axes during the Ordovician Period?